Method for managing competition entry with printed labels

• US 8,091,771 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2008
• Issued: 01/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul, Lapstun, Jacqueline Anne, Scott, Paul Quentin
• Primary Examiner(s): HESS, DANIEL A
• Application Number:
  US12/188,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20080296363A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,251 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/494
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/04 Electronic labels

Abstract

Provided is a method for managing competition entry by means of products having printed labels, the labels having human-readable information relating to a competition and machine-readable coded information relating to an identity of the label and being uniquely indicative of the product item. The label includes regions selected from the group consisting of information fields, buttons, and entry fields. The method includes the steps of receiving from a sensing device the machine-readable coded data, generating interaction data based on the received coded data, correlating the interaction data with a competition, and recording an entry in the competition based on the correlated interaction data. The method also includes the step of transmitting information relating to the competition entry for display on a display device.

Claims

1. A method for managing competition entry by means of products having printed labels, the labels having human-readable information relating to a competition and machine-readable coded information relating to an identity of the label and being uniquely indicative of the product item, the label having regions selected from the group consisting of information fields, buttons, and entry fields, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving from a sensing device the machine-readable coded data;

generating interaction data based on the received coded data;

correlating the interaction data with a competition;

recording an entry in the competition based on the correlated interaction data; and

transmitting information relating to the competition entry for display on a display device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least some of the coded data includes a label identifier.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the label identifier is a unique product item identifier.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the unique product item identifier is an electronic product code.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the information includes transmitting information confirming entry in the competition.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the information includes transmitting information about an outcome of the competition.

7. The method of claim 1, having the steps of assigning a competition alias ID to the competition entry and transmitting the competition entry to a competition administrator with the competition alias ID, thereby enabling anonymous entry to the competition.